ever driven in ireland or italy? definitely space helps you get around. even the most arcane use of space. i went skiing with my father-in-law and my brother with an air one on my phone that track where i was make sure it wasn't ski trails. by speed, velocity, elevation gained and lost and was able to put it on google earth and see all the trails. i am sure the air force had no idea that was how gps would be abused but it was fun to watch. still look at the way we do trade, warfare, completely modern warfare, intelligence programs and science efforts. space is in everything we do. someone says why have a space policy? pull out their phone, it is everywhere. that is why we need space policy. jim did a great job capturing as activities so i want to focus on how to develop the obama space policy aside from the scientific and nasa activities. part of it was framed by my experience in the latter years of the bush white house. there were a few activities that shaped my opinions on how we should do the next administration's space policy. one of those came -- i w